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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson hails a global accord to speed up action against climate change as "truly historic" and "the beginning of the end for coal power". But he said his "delight at this progress" at the UN COP26 summit in Glasgow was "tinged with disappointment" because of a failure to secure the agreement of all countries to phase out hydrocarbons. SOUNDBITE
A tearful COP26 president Alok Sharma apologises for the "deep disappointment" over a global deal struck by nearly 200 countries to limit dangerous temperature rises. The deal came despite a last-gasp hitch from China and India seeking to water down language on fossil fuels in the summit's text. "I apologise for the way this process has unfolded," Sharma tells delegates. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITE
COP26 President Alok Sharma urges delegates to accept a draft summit decision, saying the "balanced" deal at the UN climate talks "really moves things forward for everyone". IMAGES AND SOUNDBITE
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the UK's position on a row with France over post-Brexit fishing rights is unchanged, as officials hold a second day of talks to resolve the dispute. SOUNDBITE
United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson welcomes King Abdullah II of Jordan to 10 Downing Street, the Prime Minister's official residence, ahead of the G20 summit in Rome and the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. IMAGES
Nottingham, Oct 15 (EFE) .- Fifteen days before the upcoming COP26 begins, a courageous group of ten environmentalists has already managed to complete half of the thousand-kilometer route that crosses the British island to Glasgow on foot, where the world climate summit takes place this year.SHOT LIST: THE GROUP OF 10 ENVIRONMENTALISTS WALKING THROUGH NOTTINGHAM, ON THEIR WAY TO GLASGOW ON FOOT.SOUND BITES: ETIENNE SCOTT, LOCAL ACTIVIST FROM NOTTINGHAM'S EXTINCTION REBELLION AND OLYMPIC MEDALIST IN CANOEING.
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